In what could be the first documented sighting of orcas or ‘killer whales’ inside the Arabian Gulf, three Dubai-based boat captains on a fishing trip filmed a pod of six mammals surfacing about 20 miles off the Jebel Ali coast. Full Story: http://ww
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Noise from the proposed Georgia Strait Crossing Pipeline project could be the final straw for endangered southern resident killer whales, says a U.S. scientist. Full Story: http://www.canada.com/victoria/news/story.asp?id={EED18DBD-03B4-4FE7-AFD4-E9D
A U.N. meeting on endangered species last week tightened controls on catching the world’s two largest types of fish, basking and whale sharks. Full Story: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/18634/story.htm
The U.S. Navy may temporarily test a new underwater sonar system in a much smaller area than originally planned, which will minimize harm to marine mammals, an environmental lawyer said. Full Story: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid
The IWDG are organising three weekend whale-watching courses in summer/autumn 2003: July 18 – 20th. August 15 – 17th. September 19 – 21st. All 3 will be led by Pádraig Whooley, IWDG Secretary, who can be contacted at the address below for enquiries or bookings. The weekends are open to members and non-members alike. To
Participants at a global wildlife conservation conference on Thursday turned down Japan’s revised proposals for an international ban on trade in minke whales. Full Stor
Exploration company Santos has been told it can carry on looking for oil and gas when blue whales arrive to feed in Australian waters next month. Full Story<
Delegates to a U.N. conference on endangered species voted on Thursday to effectively halt all trade in the Black Sea bottlenose dolphin, a creature sought by aquariums around the world. Full Story: http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/world/4
The death of 22 bottlenose dolphins which were stranded in Long Island between Deadman’s Cay and Mangrove Bush, has left fishermen and employees of the Department of Agriculture baffled.